When my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself.

If you aren't gonna say exactly how and what you feel, you might as well not say anything at all.

I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.

You have to be what you are. Whatever you are, you gotta be it.

Life is rough so you gotta be tough.

There's a lot of things blamed on me that never happened. But then, there's a lot of things that I did that I never got caught at.

Life and love go on, let the music play.

I learn from my mistakes. It’s a very painful way to learn, but without pain, the old saying is, there’s no gain.

it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people

There is a spiritual side to me that goes real deep, but I confess right up front that I'm the biggest sinner of them all.

Sometimes I am two people. Johnny is the nice one. Cash causes all the trouble. They fight.

Becareful about what you say, do not be happy when a gossip talks about someone to you..for he/she talks about you to others

We die the day we lose the will to go on. We die the day we stop caring about life.

When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed.

I must forgive without noise or fuss.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams of the beautiful Annabel Lee

Life's not breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.

Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!

Not many people are true, fake as the lies they tell

You don't like to see hookers going down on players like that.

The furthest out is the only place to be.